High refractive index modification of SiO2 created by femtosecond laser nanostructuring

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Barillot, T ^a   Grojo, D ^a,b   Gertsvolf, M ^a   Lei, S ^c   Rayner, D M ^a   Corkum, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D WAVE EQUATION; BEAM TRANSPORT; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICRO-LENS; NANO-CRACKS; PLANAR ARRAYS; PULSE ENERGIES;

LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROLENSES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 77953086938     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/12/125401     Document Type: Article

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